The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-05
VOL. 3o.--NO IT.

wah, had ordered three battallons to
; reinforce the garrison there
II REBELS DEFEATED.
| SUAKIM, May 2.-Deserters report
that Haduedowa Arabs assisted by
other friendly tribes dislodged the San
douese rebels from KaSsala and cap
tured Osman Digna and Able Ginga.
DECORATING CARDINAL.
| VIENNA, May 2.-The Emperor pre-
scented Cardinal Vannutelli, who is
about to retire from the Papa1 Nunci-
ate at Vienna with the decoration Of
Grand Cross of st. Stephen, of Hun
gary.
| PARIS, May IN. Schnaebels has
given notice that he will refuse to &C
cept the diamond cross which it was
proposed to give him, and the dona-
lions which had been made toward the
purchase had been given to the Alsace-
Lorraine Society.
PAPAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
ROME, May 2.-Cardinal Rampora
has been appointed Papal Secretary of
State. Monsignor Agliordi, Secretary
Extraordinary of Ecclesiastical affairs;
Monsignor Rotelli, Papal Nuncio at
Paris; Monsignor Galimberti, Nuncio
at Vienna; MOnsignor PietrO, Nuncio at
| Madrid and Monsignor Scilla, Nuncio
at Munich. These appointments will
be confirmed at the COnsistory to be
held on the I'D inst.
STATE OF WAR PROCLAIMED.
General Saletta, the new Italian
commander at MassOwah, has proclaim
ed a state of war in MassOwah and its
dependencies.
MARRIED.
BERLIN, May FRANZ Lenback,
the famous German painter, has been
betrothed at Rome to Countess Mag
dalena Won Moltke, a distant relative
/ aF c6ol
| GRIMM MONUMENT.
| One hundred thousands marks have
been collected for the monument at
| Hanan, to the Grimm Brothers.
| THE ALSACE-LORRAINE MIDDLE.
| 1t is officially stated that Germany
has no intention of proclaiming a
state of siege in Alsace-Lorraine.
ADVISED TO ORGANIZE.
| LONDON, May 2.-The Marquis of
| Harrington writes letter to the Lib
| eral- UnionistS advising them to organ
| ize as party for the purpose of main
tanning their position.
IMPORT DUTY ON TOBACCO.
Mr.. Goschen's budget proposes that
| the import duty on cigars shall be
| shillings per pound (tobaccol; on Cav
endish tobacco in leaf, i ShillingSs6
pence per pound; on Cavendish manu-
featured in bond. 4 shillings per pound;
on other manufactured tobacco, shill-
/ ings per pound; on tobacco containing
/ 10 per cent. moisture, shillings
pence per pound, and on tabacco con-
tanning less than 10 per cent. moisture,
8 shillings pence per pound.
THE BRENNAN LIBEL SUIT.
The libel suit brought against Will
liam Ridgeway, publisher of Picadilly,
for So, 600 for asserting in a black
pamphlet on the Irish question, recent
ly issued by him, that Sir John Bren-
nan, plaintiff and former Home Rule
Member of Parliament, was a Fenian
and an ally of the invincibles, came up
for trial to-day. The court room was
crowded. Ridgeway the defendant
pleaded the alleged libel was true.
Brennan the plaintiff, being sworn,
made an emphatic denial and said he
| never was a Fenian. He left the
Land League in June 1880 after
quarrel with its managers for opening
| joined any Irish league or association
or any Fenian league or association,
had never travelled between Paris and
London on Irish Republican business,
nor had never interfered with work of
tracing dynamiters. He declared Sir
Lion Playfair told him Gladstone had
become converted to the Home Rule
theory in 1879, and that he desired
Parnell to accept the Office of Chief
Secretary for Ireland. Witness spoke
to Parnell about taking the Office, but
he declined even to entertain the
idea.
THE CRIMES BILL.
In the House of Commons tonight,
Healey NOV ed that the first clause of
the Crimes Bill be so amended as to
indicate clearly to what portion of
Ireland the bill would be applicable.
He suggested that the word proclaim
ed districts" be omitted and that
''Merry, Londonderry and Belfast" be
inserted in their stead. Mr.. Balfour,
Chief Secretary for Ireland, declined to
accede to this proposal. He said the
clause to all parts of Ireland where the
prevalence of crime justified such
action. Gladstone suggested that the
words proclaimed districts" remain,
but that the districts be defined under
the other clauses of the bill. Mr..
Healey postponed his motion in defel-
| ence to Mr.. Glsdstone'S suggestion.
BRITISH GRAIN REVIEW.
The Mark Lane Express weekly re-
view of the British grain trade, says:
| There has been a decrease in the de-
liveries of native wheat during the
week. The inhabitants are scantily
| supplied. This fact has caused an adj
vance of from Sd to Is. Sales of Eng
lish wheat during the week was SO, 453
quarters at 32s Sd, against 81 ,955 quar-
tiers at 31s Id during the corresponding
period last year. Foreign wheat was
stagnant. Values are tending down.
ward. Corn steady. Linseed has de-
clined Sd. at to-day's market wheat
was frmer. Values of both English
and foreign were Cd higher. Flour was
firm. Corn Sd to Sd dearer. Oats in
demand, and Sd TO Cd higher. Beans
and peas Sd lower.
REORGANIZING THE ARMY.
ROME, May 1.-THE Government in
trOduced in the Chamber of Deputies
bill to re-organize the army. A credit
of 50 900, 900 is demanded by the bill.
PRINCE JEROME BONAPARTE ILL.
BORDEAUX, May Prince jerome
Bonaparte has had an attack. of apo
plexy, and is dangerously i'll.
THE FISHERIES DISPUTE.
| OTTAWA, Ont, May "A brief dis
cussion on the fisheries question took
place in the House of Commons to-
night. Ellis, a New Brunswick mem
Der, asked for the return of all of the
United States vessels boarded, warned
or interdicted by the Canadian fisheries
protection feet. He recited a number
of cases, and reported harsh treatment
of American vessels by Canadian off,
GERS, and said already 120 complaints
had been filed at Washington. Thomp-
son, Minister of Justice, said most OF
the reports were without foundation.
In fact when the papers are brought it
/ would be found that the statement OF
| distinguished member OF the Gov
eminent of the United States that the
Canadian fisheries laws and regula-
lions had been administered with bru-
! tally was as preposterous an eXaggera-
ton as could be found in the English
language.